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  • Written by: A. N. Wilson
  • Narrated by: John Telfer
  • Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
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Narrated by: John Telfer
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In this biography of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, A. N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly disastrous marriage.

Wilson sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works were the exact mirror of his life and instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia.

He also re-creates the world that shaped the great novelist's life and art - the turmoil of ideas and politics in 19th-century Russia and the literary renaissance that made Tolstoy's work possible.
©1988 A.N. Wilson (P)2014 Audible, Ltd.
Art & Literature Literature & Fiction World Literature
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Simply excellent!

This is well worth listening to. The reader has a clear voice and a consistent steady pace. Pure enjoyment from start to finish.

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